5.  The applicant was born in 1958 and lives in Nizhniy Novgorod.
6.  On 3 March 2004 the applicant was detained as a suspect in a criminal case concerning embezzlement, and on 4 March 2004 his pre-trial detention was authorised by a court. On 27 December 2004 the Sormovskiy District Court, Nizhniy Novgorod, extended the term of pre-trial detention until 3 March 2005 (inclusive of the latter date).
7.  On the latter date the period of detention authorised by the court expired, but the applicant remained in detention although no extension of his detention was ordered.
8.  On 9 March 2005 the criminal case file was submitted to the Kanavinskiy District Court of Nizhniy Novgorod.
9.  On 17 March 2005 the Kanavinskiy District Court declined jurisdiction over the criminal case in favour of the Sormovskiy District Court, and decided at the same time to extend the applicant’s detention, placing him “in the charge of the Sormovskiy District Court”. On 24 March 2005 the applicant lodged an appeal against the extension of the detention order. On an unidentified date several days later he lodged a complaint with the Presidium of the Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court; he expressly complained that he had been detained without any detention order after the expiry of the detention term on 3 March 2005, and claimed that in any event his further detention had ceased to be justified.
10.  On 11 April 2005 the Sormovskiy District Court extended the applicant’s detention until 11 May 2005. This decision was upheld by the Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court on 11 May 2005.
11.  On 22 April 2005 the Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court examined the applicant’s appeal against the decision of 17 March 2005, by which the applicant’s detention had been extended. It held that the extension had been lawful and justified. The period of detention between 4 and 17 March 2005 was not examined by the appeal court.
12.  On 6 May 2005 the Sormovskiy District Court scheduled a hearing of the applicant’s criminal case and held that “the measure of restraint, namely pre-trial detention, [was] to remain unchanged”. This decision was upheld by the Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court on 1 June 2005.
13.  On 19 May 2005 the Sormovskiy District Court examined and dismissed the applicant’s application for release. This decision was upheld by the Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court on 1 June 2005.
14.  On 27 July 2005 the Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court judge examined and dismissed the applicant’s request for supervisory review of the appeal decision of 22 April 2005. The decision upheld the reasons for the applicant’s further detention, without any mention of the period between 4 and 17 March 2005.
15.  On 9 September 2005 the Sormovskiy District Court extended the applicant’s detention until 9 December 2005.
16.  On 6 December 2005 the Sormovskiy District Court convicted the applicant of embezzlement. The applicant’s appeal was dismissed by the Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court on 4 April 2006. On 3 July 2006 the applicant was released on parole.
17.  On 27 December 2006 the Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court examined a criminal case in which the applicant was a victim of unauthorised telephone tapping. The court convicted the implicated police officer of abuse of powers and awarded the applicant non-pecuniary damages.